Little-Nipper
New Member
Hi guys,
So I have just been enjoying looking at my little 35L shrimp tank and I noticed that 1 of the blue dreams has got a worm attached to it's head, I have heard of this before and the common answer would be "Scutariella japonica" but it doesn't look like any of the pictures I've seen online it's a single worm and it's about 4mm long attached to the shrimps head at 1 end and the other end seems 2 be feeling around and picking at the decor (looks like a detritus worm) I tried to get a picture but my camera isn't good enough. The only thing that is new are 3 amano shrimp that have been in there about 3 weeks so I can only assume it has stowed away with them. I am obviously going to monitor the situation before I treat the tank (last resort).
Please let me know what you think and if you think I'm wrong I'll attach a picture of the tank just for your enjoyment not for the the identification.
So I have just been enjoying looking at my little 35L shrimp tank and I noticed that 1 of the blue dreams has got a worm attached to it's head, I have heard of this before and the common answer would be "Scutariella japonica" but it doesn't look like any of the pictures I've seen online it's a single worm and it's about 4mm long attached to the shrimps head at 1 end and the other end seems 2 be feeling around and picking at the decor (looks like a detritus worm) I tried to get a picture but my camera isn't good enough. The only thing that is new are 3 amano shrimp that have been in there about 3 weeks so I can only assume it has stowed away with them. I am obviously going to monitor the situation before I treat the tank (last resort).
Please let me know what you think and if you think I'm wrong I'll attach a picture of the tank just for your enjoyment not for the the identification.